Lions Together: teacher key

Lions, grade 10 edition, written for 10th grade. Lions have a better chance of getting food by working as a group. Read how a pride hunts, how it splits up and what people do that puts lions at risk.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What does hunting in a group nearly do to a lion's chance of making a kill?
   • Doubles it (answer)
   • Cuts it in half
   • Takes it away
2. Sam is a lion cub who is 6 months old. Can he probably roar yet?
   • Probably not yet (answer)
   • Yes, as loudly as an adult
   • Only at night
3. Why does poison put out for predators endanger lions?
   • Lions drink from rivers
   • Lions live in villages
   • Lions scavenge carcasses (answer)
4. As of November 2026, about what share of Gujarat's Asiatic lions live outside protected forests?
   • About 44 percent (answer)
   • About 4 percent
   • About 90 percent
5. What does carcasses mean in this book?
   • Young cubs
   • Dead animals (answer)
   • Farm fences

Words

• coalitions: teams of males
• carcasses: dead animals
• livestock: farm animals
• illegal: against the law
• stalking: creeping up